Hotels, restaurants coming to Henrico Sports and Events Center site • Article spotlights two Justins with baseball – and Henrico – connections
Henrico Newsflash – April 25, 2024
Hotels, restaurants coming to Henrico Sports and Events Center site
The new Henrico Sports and Events Center, which opened late last year, is surrounded mostly by asphalt and dirt at the former site of Virginia Center Commons mall in Glen Allen.
Not for long.
Shamin Hotels will build two hotels and two restaurants adjacent to the arena, in keeping with initial concept plans for the site, company and county officials announced during a press conference there April 25. Click here to read more
Article spotlights two Justins with baseball – and Henrico – connections
Two Justins with Henrico connections – one a future Hall of Fame pitcher and another whose possible path to baseball stardom was cut short by injury – were featured in an article and videos on MLB.com this week.
The piece spotlights the relationship between Justin Verlander, a Goochland native who played at Tuckahoe Little League as a youngster and later at Old Dominion University before being drafted by No. 2 in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers; and Justin Orenduff, a Chesapeake native who eventually starred at VCU before being drafted in the first round the same year by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Click here to read more
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